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Papillon (1973)

Movie"The greatest adventure of escape!"
Audience Score
78
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PG 2 hr 31 minDec 16th, 1973Drama, Crime
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A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
StarringSteve McQueenDustin HoffmanVictor Jory
DirectorFranklin J. Schaffner

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 16th, 1973
On DVD & Blu-ray:December 14th, 1999 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$12,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$53,267,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Ted Richmond
Production Companies:Allied Artists Pictures, Solar Productions, Corona-General
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Movie Tags:
prisonescape1930sjungleprison escapebased on memoir or autobiographyfrench colonialismremote islandcorrupt officialprison brutality